Herefordshire Council is looking at options to help reduce the risk of flooding in one area of Hereford after receiving funding from the Environment Agency.
The Ayles Brook in the Holmer area of Hereford is designated as an Ordinary Watercourse which therefore falls under the regulatory supervision of Herefordshire Council.
Following significant flooding in February 2020, this location is a settlement within the county at which the council has been trying to mitigate flood risk.
It is proposed that grant monies would be used to complete hydraulic modelling to improve the existing surface water mapping on the route of the Ayles Brook.
The Environment Agency will make the following payments for the project against receipt of a valid claim form and satisfactory completion of milestones:
Grant Award (Advance Payment) – £21,509.40
Mid-Project (March 2023) – £16,488.60
Project Completion (November 2023) – £33,700.00
It is proposed that grant monies would be used to complete hydraulic modelling to improve the existing surface water mapping on the route of the Ayles Brook.
The surface water modelling work may facilitate a future project to extend the current hydraulic modelling of the Widemarsh Brook to include the Ayles Brook.
In turn the model may be used to demonstrate the impact of installing a flood defence structure, such as bunding on the Racecourse to attenuate flow during storms.
This future project would benefit properties in the vicinity of the racecourse and also downstream. Such a scheme would seek to mitigate fluvial flood risk to 18 properties and Holmer School from the Ayles Brook.
More Details – https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s50106390/RoOD-%20EA%20grant%20301122.docx.pdf
